{{tnr}}'''Sean Duffy''' (b. October 3, 1971) is a [[Republican]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from the state of [[Wisconsin]]. Duffy represents the [[Wisconsin's 7th congressional district|7th congressional district]] of Wisconsin and was first elected to the House in 2010. He was re-elected in 2012.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/House/2012/ ''Politico'' "2012 House Race Results"]</ref>

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{{tnr}}'''Sean Duffy''' (b. October 3, 1971, in Hayward, Wisconsin) is a [[Republican]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from the state of [[Wisconsin]]. Duffy represents the [[Wisconsin's 7th congressional district|7th congressional district]] of Wisconsin and was first elected to the House in 2010. He was re-elected in 2012.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/House/2012/ ''Politico'' "2012 House Race Results"]</ref> He {{2014isrunning}} for re-election in 2014.

Duffy was a professional lumberjack athlete, and competed in lumberjack shows to put himself through law school.<ref name="bio"/>

Duffy was a professional lumberjack athlete, and competed in lumberjack shows to put himself through law school.<ref name="bio"/>

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*[[Joint Economic Committee]]

*[[Joint Economic Committee]]

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====2011-12====

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====2011-2012====

Duffy was a member of the following House committees<ref>[http://duffy.house.gov/about-me/committees-and-caucuses ''Official House website'' "Committees," Accessed November 22, 2011]</ref>:

Duffy was a member of the following House committees<ref>[http://duffy.house.gov/about-me/committees-and-caucuses ''Official House website'' "Committees," Accessed November 22, 2011]</ref>:

* [[United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services|House Financial Services Committee]]

* [[United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services|House Financial Services Committee]]

{{Support vote}} Duffy voted for HR 1960 - the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The bill passed the House on June 14, 2013, with a vote of 315 - 108. Both parties were somewhat divided on the vote.<ref>[https://votesmart.org/bill/votes/45512#.UjdO8j9-q1c ''Project Vote Smart,'' "HR 1960 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013]</ref>

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=====Department of Homeland Security Appropriations=====

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{{Support vote}} Duffy voted for HR 2217 - the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2014. The bill passed the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 245 - 182 that was largely along party lines.<ref>[https://votesmart.org/bill/votes/44545#.UjdO9j9-q1c ''Project Vote Smart,'' "HR 2217 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2014 - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013]</ref>

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=====Keystone Pipeline Amendment=====

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{{Oppose vote}} Duffy voted against House Amendment 69, which would have amended HR 3 to "require that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, conduct a study of the vulnerabilities of the Keystone XL pipeline to a terrorist attack and certify that necessary protections have been put in place." The amendment failed on May 22, 2013, with a vote of 176 - 239 and was largely along party lines.<ref>[https://votesmart.org/bill/votes/44088#.Ul7hdxCMLQM ''Project Vote Smart,'' "H Amdt 69 - Requires Threat Assessment of Pipeline Vulnerabilities to a Terrorist Attack - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013]</ref>

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=====Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act=====

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{{Support vote}} Duffy voted for HR 624 - the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The bill passed the House on April 18, 2013, with a vote of 288 - 127. The bill would allow federal intelligence agencies to share cybersecurity intelligence and information with private entities and utilities. The bill was largely supported by Republicans but divided the Democratic Party.<ref>[https://votesmart.org/bill/votes/43791#.UjdO-j9-q1c ''Project Vote Smart,'' "HR 624 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013]</ref>

{{Support vote}} Duffy voted for House Amendment 136 - Prohibits the Enforcement of the Immigration Executive Order. The amendment was adopted by the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 224 - 201. The purpose of the amendment as stated on the official text is to "prohibit the use of funds to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Morton Memos." These memos would have granted administrative amnesty to certain illegal aliens residing in the United States.<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:hamdt136: ''The Library of Congress,'' "H.AMDT.136," accessed September 16, 2013]</ref> The vote largely followed party lines.<ref>[https://votesmart.org/bill/votes/44693#.UjdQYz9-q1c ''Project Vote Smart,'' "H Amdt 136 - Prohibits the Enforcement of the Immigration Executive Order - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013]</ref>

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====Healthcare====

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=====Health Care Reform Rules=====

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{{Support vote}} Duffy voted for House Amendment 450 - Requires Congressional Approval for Any Rules Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The amendment was adopted by the House on August 2, 2013, with a vote of 227-185. The amendment requires that all changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act be approved by Congress before taking effect. The vote was largely along party lines.<ref>[https://votesmart.org/bill/votes/45799#.UjdQtz9-q1c ''Project Votesmart,'' "H Amdt 450 - Requires Congressional Approval for Any Rules Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013]</ref>

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====Social issues====

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=====Abortion=====

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{{Support vote}} Duffy voted for HR 1797 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The resolution passed the House on June 18, 2013, with a vote of 228 - 196 that largely followed party lines. The purpose of the bill is to ban abortions that would take place 20 or more weeks after fertilization.<ref>[https://votesmart.org/bill/votes/45098#.UjdRJz9-q1c ''Project Vote Smart,'' "HR 1797 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013]</ref>

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====Previous congressional sessions====

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=====Fiscal Cliff=====

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Duffy voted against the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was one of 151 Republicans that voted against the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257/167 vote on January 1, 2013.<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll659.xml ''U.S. House'' "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff" Accessed January 4, 2013.]</ref>

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Duffy voted against the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was 1 of 151 Republicans that voted against the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257 - 167 vote on January 1, 2013.<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll659.xml ''U.S. House'' "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff" Accessed January 4, 2013.]</ref>

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===Criticism of Ted Cruz===

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Duffy criticized Cruz in September 2013 over Cruz's handling of Obamacare. He said, "It is a concern, and that’s why when these conservatives in the Senate were running ads, raising money and holding rallies about this great strategy and using House conservatives as pawns in that strategy, we were silent. We believe in this rule of Ronald Reagan where we don’t take shots at fellow Republicans. So we held our fire. We kept our powder dry. It’s just when it came to us agreeing with the strategy and Ted Cruz and other bailing on us, that it was a boiling point where that this is absolutely ridiculous. You can’t talk to the American people, you can’t talk to our bases on this strategy and then completely roll over. Thank God he wasn’t there fighting at the Alamo." Duffy's criticism followed Cruz commenting prior to even the House vote, that the bill to repeal Obamacare would fail in the Senate.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/18/ted-cruz-obamacare-house-republicans_n_3950901.html ''Huffington Post'', "Ted Cruz Infuriates House GOP By Conceding Defeat On Obamacare Repeal", accessed September 26, 2013]</ref><ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/20/gop-congressman-thank-god-cruz-wasnt-there-fighting-at-the-alamo-audio/ ''Daily Caller'', "GOP congressman: ‘Thank God [Cruz] wasn’t there fighting at the Alamo’ [AUDIO]," accessed September 26, 2013]</ref>

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===Assaulted outside of Capitol===

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During the [[United States budget debate, 2013|2013 government shutdown]] over the budget debate, Duffy was walking to a vote at the Capitol when a citizen began screaming at him and then grabbed his arm. Duffy was not hurt, but reported the incident to police.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/03/rep-duffy-wisconsin-assaulted-outside-capitol/ ''Fox News'', "Rep. Duffy of Wisconsin assaulted outside Capitol," accessed October 3, 2013]</ref>

Candidates for Congress are required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2014 elections season. Below are Duffy's reports.<ref>[http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do#3''Federal Election Commission'' "Duffy 2014 Summary reports," Accessed July 25, 2013]</ref>

[[File:Duffy 2012 Donor Breakdown.PNG|right|375px|thumb|Breakdown of the source of Duffy's campaign funds before the 2012 election.]]

[[File:Duffy 2012 Donor Breakdown.PNG|right|375px|thumb|Breakdown of the source of Duffy's campaign funds before the 2012 election.]]

Duffy won re-election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that re-election cycle, Duffy's campaign committee raised a total of $2,647,210 and spent $2,601,113.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00030967&cycle=2012 ''Open Secrets'' "Reid Ribble Campaign Contributions," Accessed February 22, 2013]</ref>

Duffy won re-election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that re-election cycle, Duffy's campaign committee raised a total of $2,647,210 and spent $2,601,113.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00030967&cycle=2012 ''Open Secrets'' "Reid Ribble Campaign Contributions," Accessed February 22, 2013]</ref>

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====Cost per vote====

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Duffy spent $12.89 per vote received in 2012.

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Duffy won election to the U.S. House in 2010. During that election cycle, Duffy's campaign committee raised a total of $1,977,172 and spent $1,918,211.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?id=WI07&cycle=2010 ''Open Secrets'' "2010 Race: Wisconsin District 07," Accessed November 22, 2011]</ref>

Duffy won election to the U.S. House in 2010. During that election cycle, Duffy's campaign committee raised a total of $1,977,172 and spent $1,918,211.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?id=WI07&cycle=2010 ''Open Secrets'' "2010 Race: Wisconsin District 07," Accessed November 22, 2011]</ref>

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==Analysis==

==Analysis==

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===Like-minded colleagues===

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The website ''OpenCongress'' tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.<ref>[http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/412488_Sean_Duffy ''OpenCongress,'' "Sean Duffy," Accessed August 8, 2013]</ref>

Each year ''National Journal'' publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Duffy was 1 of 3 members who ranked 163rd in the conservative rankings in 2012.<ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-vote-ratings ''National Journal,'' "2012 Congressional Vote Ratings," February 28, 2013]</ref>

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Each year ''National Journal'' publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Duffy was 1 of 3 members who ranked 163rd in the conservative rankings in 2012.<ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-vote-ratings ''National Journal,'' "2012 Congressional Vote Ratings," February 28, 2013]</ref>

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Each year ''National Journal'' publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Duffy was 1 of 3 members of congress who ranked 170th in the conservative rankings.<ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings2011/searchable-vote-ratings-tables-house-20120223 ''National Journal,'' "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," February 23, 2012]</ref>

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Each year ''National Journal'' publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Duffy was 1 of 3 members of congress who ranked 170th in the conservative rankings.<ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings2011/searchable-vote-ratings-tables-house-20120223 ''National Journal,'' "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," February 23, 2012]</ref>

===Voting with party===

===Voting with party===

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:: ''See also: [[Net Worth of United States Senators and Representatives]]''

:: ''See also: [[Net Worth of United States Senators and Representatives]]''

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Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by ''OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics'', Duffy's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between -$144,995 and $9,998. That averages to -$67,498, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican Representatives in 2011 of $7,859,232. His average net worth increased by 40.3% from 2010.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.php?CID=N00030967&year=2011 ''OpenSecrets.org'', "Duffy (R-WI), 2011"]</ref>

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Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by ''OpenSecrets.org'', Duffy's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between -$144,995 and $9,998. That averages to -$67,498, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2011 of $7,859,232. His average net worth increased by 40.3% from 2010.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.php?CID=N00030967&year=2011 ''OpenSecrets.org'', "Duffy (R-WI), 2011"]</ref>

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Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by ''OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics'', Duffy's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $-489,989 to $154,994, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican Representatives in 2010 of $7,561,133.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.php?CID=N00030967&year=2010 ''OpenSecrets.org'', "Sean P. Duffy (R-Wis), 2010," Accessed September 7, 2012]</ref>

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Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by ''OpenSecrets.org'', Duffy's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $-489,989 to $154,994, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2010 of $7,561,133.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.php?CID=N00030967&year=2010 ''OpenSecrets.org'', "Sean P. Duffy (R-Wis), 2010," Accessed September 7, 2012]</ref>

Issues

Legislative actions

113th Congress

The second session of the 113th Congress enacted into law 114 out of the 3,036 introduced bills (3.8 percent). Comparatively, the 112th Congress had 4.2 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the second session.[5] For more information pertaining to Duffy's voting record in the 113th Congress, please see the below sections.[6]

National security

National Defense Authorization Act

Duffy voted for HR 1960 - the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The bill passed the House on June 14, 2013, with a vote of 315 - 108. Both parties were somewhat divided on the vote.[7]

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations

Duffy voted for HR 2217 - the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2014. The bill passed the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 245 - 182 that was largely along party lines.[8]

Keystone Pipeline Amendment

Duffy voted against House Amendment 69, which would have amended HR 3 to "require that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, conduct a study of the vulnerabilities of the Keystone XL pipeline to a terrorist attack and certify that necessary protections have been put in place." The amendment failed on May 22, 2013, with a vote of 176 - 239 and was largely along party lines.[9]

Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act

Duffy voted for HR 624 - the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The bill passed the House on April 18, 2013, with a vote of 288 - 127. The bill would allow federal intelligence agencies to share cybersecurity intelligence and information with private entities and utilities. The bill was largely supported by Republicans but divided the Democratic Party.[10]

Economy

Farm Bill

Duffy voted for the Farm Bill on July 11, 2013. The bill passed in a 216-208 vote.[11] The bill passed included farm policy, but did not include food stamps.[12]

Immigration

Morton Memos Enforcement Prohibition

Duffy voted for House Amendment 136 - Prohibits the Enforcement of the Immigration Executive Order. The amendment was adopted by the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 224 - 201. The purpose of the amendment as stated on the official text is to "prohibit the use of funds to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Morton Memos." These memos would have granted administrative amnesty to certain illegal aliens residing in the United States.[13] The vote largely followed party lines.[14]

Healthcare

Health Care Reform Rules

Duffy voted for House Amendment 450 - Requires Congressional Approval for Any Rules Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The amendment was adopted by the House on August 2, 2013, with a vote of 227-185. The amendment requires that all changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act be approved by Congress before taking effect. The vote was largely along party lines.[15]

Social issues

Abortion

Duffy voted for HR 1797 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The resolution passed the House on June 18, 2013, with a vote of 228 - 196 that largely followed party lines. The purpose of the bill is to ban abortions that would take place 20 or more weeks after fertilization.[16]

Previous congressional sessions

Fiscal Cliff

Duffy voted against the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was 1 of 151 Republicans that voted against the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257 - 167 vote on January 1, 2013.[17]

Criticism of Ted Cruz

Duffy criticized Cruz in September 2013 over Cruz's handling of Obamacare. He said, "It is a concern, and that’s why when these conservatives in the Senate were running ads, raising money and holding rallies about this great strategy and using House conservatives as pawns in that strategy, we were silent. We believe in this rule of Ronald Reagan where we don’t take shots at fellow Republicans. So we held our fire. We kept our powder dry. It’s just when it came to us agreeing with the strategy and Ted Cruz and other bailing on us, that it was a boiling point where that this is absolutely ridiculous. You can’t talk to the American people, you can’t talk to our bases on this strategy and then completely roll over. Thank God he wasn’t there fighting at the Alamo." Duffy's criticism followed Cruz commenting prior to even the House vote, that the bill to repeal Obamacare would fail in the Senate.[18][19]

Assaulted outside of Capitol

During the 2013 government shutdown over the budget debate, Duffy was walking to a vote at the Capitol when a citizen began screaming at him and then grabbed his arm. Duffy was not hurt, but reported the incident to police.[20]

Full history

To view the full congressional electoral history for Sean Duffy, click [show] to expand the section.

2010

On November 2, 2010, Sean Duffy won election to the United States House. He defeated Julie M. Lassa (D) and Gary Kauther (Independent No War No Bailout) in the general election.[23]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 7 General Election, 2010

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Republican

Sean Duffy

52.1%

132,551

Democratic

Julie M. Lassa

44.4%

113,018

Independent No War No Bailout

Gary Kauther

3.3%

8,397

N/A

Scattering

0.2%

423

Total Votes

254,389

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Duffy is available dating back to 2010. Based on available campaign finance records, Duffy raised a total of $4,624,381 during that time period. This information was last updated on April 18, 2013.[24]

Race Background

In 2011 redistricting, The Hill published a list of the Top Ten House Members who were helped by redistricting.[31] Duffy ranked 7th on the list.[31] The article noted that Republicanstate legislators traded some of the Democratic leaning areas with Republican areas, "making the district a toss-up and giving him a better chance of holding on to the seat."[31]
Wisconsin's 7th District became more Republican following redistricting after the 2010 census, giving Duffy an edge over Kreitlow.[32] While the district became more Republican, Duffy came under fire in 2011 for comments he made about his personal wealth. He complained that it was difficult to pay bills on his congressional salary, which was $174,000.[33]

The 2012 race brought in a lot of money. Kreitlow raised $1.2 million by mid-October, and Duffy had raised twice that amount. Another $4.3 million was spent by outside groups on attack ads on both sides.[34]

Analysis

Like-minded colleagues

The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[35]

2013

National Journal vote ratings

2012

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Duffy was 1 of 3 members who ranked 163rd in the conservative rankings in 2012.[37]

2011

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Duffy was 1 of 3 members of congress who ranked 170th in the conservative rankings.[38]

Voting with party

2013

Sean Duffy voted with the Republican Party 97.2% of the time, which ranked 66th among the 234 House Republican members as of June 2013.[39]

Lifetime missed votes

According to the website GovTrack, Duffy missed 28 of 1,702 roll call votes from January 2011 to April 2013. This amounts to 1.6%, which is better than the median of 2.1% among current congressional representatives as of April 2013.[40]

Congressional staff salaries

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Duffy paid his congressional staff a total of $780,342 in 2011. Overall, Wisconsin ranks 32nd in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[41]

Net worth

2011

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Duffy's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between -$144,995 and $9,998. That averages to -$67,498, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2011 of $7,859,232. His average net worth increased by 40.3% from 2010.[42]

2010

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Duffy's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $-489,989 to $154,994, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2010 of $7,561,133.[43]

Personal

Duffy and his wife, Rachel, met on the MTV reality show "The Real World." They have six children.[2]

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